sugarplum

[ shoog-er-pluhm ]

noun

1. a small round candy made of sugar with various flavoring and coloring ingredients; a bonbon.

sugarplum

/ ˈʃʊɡəˌplʌm /

noun

1. a crystallized plum

Word History and Origins

Origin of sugarplum¹

First recorded in 1600–10; sugar + plum (in the sense “small, rounded mass (of hardened sugar approximately the size of a plum)”

Example Sentences

A sugarplum may help one to forget a bee-sting, but a death-thrust is another matter.

From Project Gutenberg

She had taught it him verse by verse with the patience of an angel, and she had encouraged him to learn it with many a sugarplum.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• candy
• chocolate
• confection
• dessert
• snack